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	Strix (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The strix or striga (pl. striges ; occasionally bastardized to stirge) was an Ancient Roman legendary creature, usually described as a nocturnal bird of ill omen that fed on human flesh and blood, like a vampire.
		The earliest recorded tale of the strix is from the lost Ornithologia of the Greek author Boio, which is partially preserved in Antoninus Liberalis 's Metamorphoses.
		Also the Albanian shtriga is described as a witch and derives from the Strix; she can transform into a flying insect.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stryx (546 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Artillery (S) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A stone-mortar was a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances.
		The Strix is a Swedish 120 mm calibre anti-tank guided mortar projectile developed by Bofors in conjunction with Saab Missiles as a means for infantry to attack armour not within a direct line of sight.
		The Strix weighs 18.2 kg, is infra-red seeking, has a range of 7500 meters and can penetrate more than 700 mm of armour.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /FYQ.HTM (2989 words)

	Stregheria -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The term comes from the Italian strega ('witch' or 'hag'), itself descended from the Latin word (Owls lacking ear tufts) strix or striga (' (Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes) owl '; the latter form is applied exclusively to a blood-drinking night spirit).
		Stregherian mythology is essentially a blend of Roman and Etruscan.
		The (An inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire) Roman counterpart of the (A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greek (A female deity) goddess ((Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana) Artemis.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/S/St/Stregheria.htm (1254 words)

	Hagalaz Runedance
		After all she considers herself to be an artist and thus she feels the need for new inspiration in her music, and create a new sound.
		She wishes to explore other artistic areas as well, create visual art and video concepts and is currently working with like-minded individuals from the alternative scene on various projects.
		Strix is latin for owl, but also a name for witch, since in Rome the witch was also called "the owl-like woman".
	www.sureshotworx.de /index.php?pg=387&thsuresd=273d0ef3be18f270dd842c4ec668da4c (768 words)

	Articles - Vampire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Roman strix is the source of the Romanian vampire, the Strigoi, which was also influenced by the Slavic vampire, and the Albanian Shtriga.
		In Aztec mythology, the Civatateo was a sort of vampire, created when a noblewoman died in childbirth.
		In Australian aboriginal mythology, the "Yara-Ma-Yha-Who" [1] was a vampire with suckers on his fingers that lurked in fig trees.
	www.free-biz.org /articles/Vampire (4529 words)

	Astrix consult
		Strix aluco, the Tawny owl (a strix), lives in forests and on the edges of woodlands.
		It has sharp eyes equipped to turn 360°, but is itself hardly visible and almost inaudible as it seeks its prey in the hours of dawn and dusk.
		In Greek mythology, the owl represents Thene(Minerva), the goddess of wisdom, warfare, arts and sciences.
	www.astrixconsult.nl /en/astrix.html (229 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Architecture (S) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In architecture a stringpiece is a long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction but especially applied to one of the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of stairs.
		In architecture a strix is one of the flutings of a column.
		In architecture a strut is in general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own length.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /TD.HTM (2837 words)

	Did Witches Fly? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Pliny the Elder and Ovid said the Strix that flew at night and lived on humans..
		But it seemed that the stories of strix and strigae merged in some folklore accounts to produce the image of a woman who flew on both amorous and cannibalistic missions.
		The earliest Germanic legal code that we possess, the 6th Century Lex Salico, stated: "if a stria shall devour a man and it shall be proved against her " then she should be fined.
	www.macha.free-online.co.uk /7day-extracts/witches-flying.html (1269 words)

	Barbelith Underground > Temple > the horse and the dragon
		Dragons are winged beings portrayed in the ancient mythologies of most cultures.
		Mythology about dragons appear in the traditions of virtually all peoples back to the beginning of time - though dragons appeared in various forms.
		The dragon is supposedly the enemy of the sun and the moon, both in Eastern and Western mythology, and is believed to be responsible for eclipses.
	www.barbelith.com /topic/2375 (2944 words)

	Owls
		In Greek mythology, the owl was sacred to Athena, the goddess of wisdom.
		As such it was considered a protector of the Greek armies: if an owl flew over the army before battle, this was believed to be a sign of victory.
		In Celtic mythology, the owl is one of the oldest animals in the world, along with the flbird, the stag, the eagle and the salmon.
	www.dierinbeeld.nl /animal_files/birds/owl (1632 words)

	Types of Vampires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In recent mythology, cihuatetos have been described as having white faces, chalk covered arms and hands and crossbones painted upon their tattered dresses.
		A vampire from Greek mythology said to be a servant of the goddess Hecate.
		Derived from the Latin strix, originally meaning screech owl and later to mean a night flying demon that attacked and killed infants by sucking their blood.
	www.bloodbathers.co.uk /types_of_vampires.htm (7555 words)

	Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The lack of communication between classicists and folklorists is manifested in the dearth of classical examples in folklore motif indexes and reflected in the lack of classical scholarship in the most up-to-date folklore bibliographies.
		The lack of a motif or theme index for classical mythology and folklore is another serious drawback to comparative study of ancient material.
		Provocative essay argues that the scholarly discovery of the international folktale and the creation of folktale typologies began to change the study of classical mythology in useful ways, but after the 1920s folklorists and classicists parted company and the revolution in mythology study has yet to occur.
	www.worldagesarchive.com /Reference_Links/Myth_Bibliograpgy.htm (6047 words)

	Northvegr - Grimm's TM - Chap. 34
		To the Latin words saga, (16) strix, striga, (17) venefica, lamia, furia answers our hexe, by which is meant sometimes an old, sometimes a young woman, and a beauty can be complimented by being called a perfect witch.
		bruesche, means a baneful nightbird, but, like strix, it has passed into the sense of witch.
		Drut, drude is often found as an equivalent for witch, though strictly it denotes the tormenting oppressive nightmare; out of what heathen being this drut arose, was shown on p.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/grimmst/03402.php (2180 words)

	Vampires
		It would be simple enough if we could distance ourselves from that mythology by placing it in a historical context.
		The greatest diversion from Stoker's formula is what Whedon went back to an interpretation of ancient mythology that few but scholars remember: some legends say that vampires are not humans at all, but demons who have taken up residence inside human corpses.
		The best known vampire clan thus far in the "Buffy" mythology is the "Order of Aurelius", which was led by the Master for centuries and whose Brethren, or adherents have included Angel and Darla and, by implication, very likely Spike and Drusilla as well.
	www.angelfire.com /az/Buffyfied/vamps.html (2012 words)

	* Little Owl - (Bird): Definition
		In ancient Greek mythology, the little owl, Athene noctua, was the bird favored by Athena, the virgin goddess of arts, crafts and war.
		Owl -eyed Athena was known for her wisdom, and was often portrayed with an owl head, or a helmet with an owl symbol on it.
		This owl hunts from a perch or on the wing, capturing prey when it is seen.
	en.mimi.hu /bird/little_owl.html (258 words)

	Vampire [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In Aztec mythology, the Civatateo In Aztec mythology, the Civatateo were vampires.
		In Australian aboriginal mythology, the "Yara-Ma-Yha-Who" [1] ( http://www.pantheon.org/articles/y/yara-ma-yha-who.html) was a vampire with suckers on his fingers that lurked in fig trees.
		Chinese Chinese mythology is the mythology of Chinese civilization.
	www.wikimirror.com /Vampire (13469 words)

	Barbelith Underground > Temple > Obsessions, Personal Mythologies, and Warriors of Armeggedon
		It is always deeply important to the person, and a fundamental part of their personal mythology.
		It is my theory that this is a natural thing people go through when getting into magic, to elevate their personal mythology to a higher level of cosmic importance, then later finding a better perspective for it with experience.
		As I see it, the modern apocalyptic mythologies public and personal are the natural behaviours for individuals and groups.
	www.barbelith.com /topic/13935 (4242 words)

	Owls in Lore and Culture, page 5
		But the Spotted Owl has other cousins that have been, or can be, used to indicate the health of the vanishing ancient forests of the world.
		Secondly, if owl mythologies have evolved so dramatically in the West, then perhaps they offer an insight into the way owl mythologies could eventually metamorphose in other parts of the world, such as in Africa and Asia.
		Thirdly, by understanding the patterns of owl mythology in modern day Africa and possibly South America and Asia, we might be able to better understand better our own cultural past.
	www.owlpages.com /articles/lore_culture/owls_in_lore_5.html (816 words)

	Rue's Kitchen: Spells, Saints, and Streghe: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Monteruvians were furious when the local priest frowned on their Easter custom as a pagan vestige; as far as they were concerned, they were observing Easter with a very concrete symbol of Christ's death and resurrection.
		The word strega (plural streghe), from the Latin strix, "screech-owl," is often used in Italian to refer to the folkloric witch, and the word has ancient negative connotations.
		Pliny the Elder wrote about striges (plural of strix), women who could transform into birds of prey by means of magic, and who would fly at night looking for infants in their cradles to slaughter (Pliny the Elder, cited in Cattabiani, 1994:207-208).
	www.rueskitchen.com /001091.html (4116 words)

	Writing.Com: Untamed
		Strix can think her way out of any situation and whenever an emotion or instinct comes to her, Strix fully acts on it.
		Strix has a way of making friends and keeping them because of her telepathic abilities.
		Magic: Strix's mental powers are astonishing, and her telepathy is ever advancing and evolving.
	www.writing.com /view/843076 (1448 words)

	Witch Hunt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Greek and Latin word strix, which properly means the screech-owl was applied to these dreaded night-birds.
		Greek mythology and most of the pagan religions put emphasis on witchcraft.
		Circe, found in the legends of Greek mythology, was a witch or sorceress who beguiled sailors lost at sea to approach her island where she could shape shift them into animals.
	witches.monstrous.com /witch_hunt.htm (1570 words)

	Witchcraft, Witchcraft History, Witchcraft folklore, New Orleans Witch, New Orleans Witchcraft
		Circe was a sorceress in Greek mythology and was daughter to Hecate.
		She was a fair-haired beauty who controlled fate and the forces of creation and destruction with the braids of her hair.
		strix was a night flying demon that could transform into animals and would attack infants.
	www.neworleansghosts.com /witchcraft.htm (2034 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Vampires
		Strix was a night demon from ancient Rome which attacked infants, Ovid described them in Fasti.
		They are afraid or repelled by horses and cause massive wounds on the necks and shoulders of men they dance with.
		One of countless spirits from Thai mythology, the Phii Song Nang is basically identical to the Pontianak of Indonesia and Malaysia - it attacks young men mostly.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A273566 (3391 words)

	Lilith sculpture by Maria Strutz
		Also serpent, donkey, owl, screeching night-jar, strix and the 'soul of every living creature that creepeth'.
		Lilith is very much equated with owls, she is a shape-shifter and can turn herself into a screech-owl.
		In Jewish Mythology Lilith was the first wife of Adam, she was beautiful and seductive.
	www.philhine.org.uk /art/sculpture_lilith.html (498 words)

	Roman Persecutions
		Mythology illuminates this emphasis on Bona Dea as a women's goddess.
		She is actually called Feminea Dea, and her mythology highlights the Roman oppression of women.
		These last three already existed in stereotypes of the strix (screech-owl-witch) and were, in fact, used to persecute individual witches, as Roman literature tells us.
	www.suppressedhistories.net /secret_history/roman_persecution.html (6802 words)

	The Walden Woods Projects Thoreau Institute Writings
		For a week of even weather I took exactly the same number of steps, and of the same length, coming and going, stepping deliberately and with the precision of a pair of dividers in my own deep tracks,—to such routine the winter reduces us,—yet often they were filled with heaven's own blue.
		He could hear me when I moved and cronched the snow with my feet, but could not plainly see me. When I made most noise he would stretch out his neck, and erect his neck feathers, and open his eyes wide; but their lids soon fell again, and he began to nod.
		We waded so gently and reverently, or we pulled together so smoothly, that the fishes of though were not scared from the stream, nor feared any angler on the bank, but came and went grandly, like the clouds which float through the western sky, and the mother-o'-pearl flocks which sometimes form and dissolve there.
	www.walden.org /institute/thoreau/writings/walden/14_formerinhab.htm (3400 words)

	Theories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Also, since JKR often relates her characters to mythical and historical figures, the name Perseus may be linked to the Perseus of Greek mythology.
		In Greek mythology, Hermione was engaged to Orestes.
		Witches used to be accused of being able to transform into owls and, in fact the Latin name of the owl is "strix", which also means "witch or wizard".
	harrypottersite.freehomepage.com /custom3.html (561 words)

	Owl Wood
		This is an owl that was loved and respected but not all have been depicted in this way and many owls through the centuries have been hated and feared as harbingers of death or associates of witches ( by which was meant - evil).
		The Romans called the owl strix which means 'witch' and one of the names for the owl in medieval times was 'night hag'.
		Their Latin name is Strix aluco and they are found in England, Wales and Scotland, but not Ireland or the outer islands of Scotland.
	www.btinternet.com /~ardena/owl_wood.htm (1123 words)

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